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Paraloi

One of the two political faction established by Solon in an attempt to reorganize the economic foundation of the government in Attika (Attica).

The Paraloi, i.e. men of the shore, were commercial fishermen and sailors; the other group, the Pediakoi, i.e. men of the plains, were owners of large tracts of land; these artificial groupings excluded the poorer people who had no organized political base until 561 BCE when the tyrant, Pisistratus, introduced a third class of voting citizens, the Diakrioi, i.e. men of the hills, and, with their support, Pisistratus took control of the government.

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